| NOUN | animal | chondrichthian, cartilaginous fish | fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified |
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| Meaning | fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified. | |
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| Synonym | cartilaginous fish | |
| Member of | Chondrichthyes, class Chondrichthyes | cartilaginous fishes |
| Narrower | elasmobranch, selachian | Any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales |
| holocephalan, holocephalian | fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail | |
| Broader | fish | Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills |
| Spanish | pez cartilagíneo | |
| Catalan | condricti, peix cartilaginós | |
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